The Librarian's massive hand closed around Kapri, squeezing her against her sword as she pinned her arms by her side. Kapri felt her ribs creak under the pressure as the air was squeezed from her lungs. Her breath came in desperate gasps as she strained against the inside of the creature's palm.
"Don't piss me off," she muttered, her voice strained.
With a grunt of effort, she twisted her body enough to angle her sword upward. The Librarian's massive claws flexed around her, and the creature's skin glowed eerily under the sun of this dimension.
Kapri gritted her teeth as she forced her sword higher. The metal scraped against the creature's flesh, but it wasn't enough to free her. Not yet.
